<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>FW: FW: A Tribute to the United States.....</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4616.200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hi,</DIV> <DIV>Please read this></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss <A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A> <A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></FO= NT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-----Original Message----- </DIV> > > > >>> = A TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES > > = >>> > > >>> > = > >>> > > >>> This, from = a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing. > = > >>> > > >>> = > > >>> America: The Good Neighbor. = > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Widespread = but only partial news coverage was given > > = >>> recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from > > >>> Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian = television > > >>> commentator. What follows is = the full text of his > > >>> trenchant = remarks as printed in the Congressional Record: > > = >>> > > >>> "This = Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the > = > >>> Americans as the most generous and possibly the = least > > >>> appreciated people on all the earth. > > >>> > > >>> Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, = Britain and > > >>> Italy were lifted = out of the debris of war by the > > >>> = Americans who poured in billions of dollars and > = > >>> forgave other billions in debts. None of these = > > >>> countries is today paying even the = interest on its > > >>> remaining debts to = the United States. > > >>> = > > >>> When France was in danger of collapsing = in 1956, > > >>> it was the = Americans who propped it up, and their > > = >>> reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets > > >>> of Paris. I was there. I saw it. > > >>> > > >>> When = earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the > > = >>> United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 > > >>> American communities were flattened by = tornadoes. > > >>> Nobody helped. = > > >>> > > = >>> The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped > > >>> billions of dollars! into discouraged countries. Now = > > >>> newspapers in those countries = are writing about the > > >>> = decadent, warmongering Americans. > > = >>> > > >>> I'd like to see just one of = those countries that > > >>> is = gloating over the erosion of the United States > > = >>> dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country > > >>> in the world have a plane to equal the = Boeing Jumbo > > >>> Jet, the Lockheed = Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10? > > >>> If = so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the > > >>> International lines except Russia fly American = Planes? > > >>> > = > >>> Why does no other land on earth even consider = putting > > >>> a man or woman on the moon? = You talk about Japanese > > >>> = technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German > = > >>> technocracy, and you get automobiles. > > >>> > > >>> You = talk about American technocracy, and you find > > >>> men on the moon -! not once, but several times - = > > >>> and safely home again. > > >>> > > = >>> You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs > > >>> right in the store window for everybody to look = at. > > >>> Even their draft-dodgers are = not pursued and hounded. > > >>> They are = here on our streets, and most of them, unless > > = >>> they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American > > >>> dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here. > > >>> > > >>> When the railways of France, Germany and = India > > >>> were breaking = down through age, it was the Americans > > = >>> who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and > > >>> the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them = an > > >>> old caboose. Both are still broke. > > >>> > > >>> I can name you 5000 times when the = Americans raced > > >>> to the help of = other people in trouble. Can you name > > = >>> me even one time when someone else raced to the > = > >>> Americans in trouble? I don't think there was = outside > > >>> help even during the San = Francisco earthquake. > > >>> = > > >>> Our neighbors have faced it alone, and = I'm one > > >>> Canadian who is = damned tired of hearing them get > > >>> = kicked around. They will come out of this thing with > > >>> their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled = > > >>> to thumb their nose at the = lands that are gloating > > >>> over their = present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of > = > >>> those." > > = >>> > > >>> Stand proud, America! = > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> = > > >>> This is one of the best editorials that = I have ever > > >>> read regarding the = United States. It is nice that > > >>> = one man realizes it. I only wish that the rest of the > > >>> world would realize it. We are always blamed for = > > >>> everything and never even get a thank = you for the > > >>> things we = do. > > >>> > = > >>> I would hope that each of you would send this to = > > >>> as many people as you can and emphasize = that they > > >>> should send it to = as many of their friends until this > > = >>> letter is sent to every person on the web. I am just a > > >>> single American that has read this. > > >>> > > = >>> I SURE HOPE THAT A LOT MORE READ IT SOON. > = > >>> > >  >> = > > ________________________________________________________________= _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <A = target=_blank href="http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp">http://explorer.msn.com/intl.as= p</A> </BODY></HTML>